This archive started in 1996 as a programing project by Simtra to place Harik's art collection on the web. Harik took over as webmaster after Simtra stopped being an admin in 1999 because his job was taking up too much time.

Some artists have left their images up there in a forgotten state, so it provides a glimpse into the early works of now-famous or now-forgotten furry artists. The recent uploads page is frequented mainly by art from Huskie, XianJaguar, Tremaine and Dustmeat.

The original name of the archive was furry.ao.net which led to the name F.A.N. Archive. This was changed to the current name to distance itself from the ISP where it was hosted.